{"id":5794,"date":"2014-02-03T15:59:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T15:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=5794"},"modified":"2014-02-03T15:59:34","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T15:59:34","slug":"new-mercedes-v-class-delivers-mpv-luxury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/5794","title":{"rendered":"New Mercedes V-Class Delivers MPV Luxury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5796\" alt=\"New Mercedes-Benz V-Class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mercedes-v-class-1-sm.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mercedes-v-class-1-sm.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mercedes-v-class-1-sm-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Mercedes-Benz has released the first official images of its new V-Class, the luxury MPV version of the Vito\/Viano minibus.<\/p>\n<p>The new V-Class will come to the UK in early 2015, and I also expect to see a new model Vito van around that time, too, as the models are built on the same platform, and are, essentially, the same vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The new V-Class ups the stakes in the luxury van-based MPV department.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes says that the new V-Class will be &#8220;the perfect vehicle for everyone who appreciates great spaciousness but does not want to sacrifice style and comfort&#8221;, and it&#8217;s easy to see why from photos like this:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5795\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5795\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5795\" alt=\"New 2015 Mercedes-Benz V-CLass\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mercedes-v-class-2-sm.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mercedes-v-class-2-sm.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mercedes-v-class-2-sm-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside the new V-Class, expected to reach the UK in 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The V-Class will be powered by state-of-the-art 2.1-litre four-cylinder turbodiesel engine with two-stage turbocharging, which has already been used successfully in a number of Mercedes&#8217; cars, and has been tweaked further for use in this MPV model.<\/p>\n<p>The standard model offers 163hp and 380Nm of torque, with combined cycle fuel economy of 46.9mpg and CO2 emissions of 149g\/km. There will also be a more powerful 190hp version, designed to replace the outgoing model&#8217;s 3.0-litre V6 diesel option.<\/p>\n<p>All V-Class models will include the Mercedes-Benz Intelligent Drive system, which a combination of eleven driver assistance systems that use radar, camera and ultrasound sensors to control safety systems such as Crosswind Assist and Attention Assist, which is a fatigue detection system.<\/p>\n<p>A wide range of other safety and convenience systems will be optionally available, as will several seating configuration options and a raft of luxury features, such as leather seats, wood-look trim, multi-zone climate control, LED headlamps, electric rear windscreen and Agility Control suspensions.<\/p>\n<p>Once the new V-Class hits UK shores, you may be able to hire one from your local car or minibus hire company (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/minibus.php\">click here to compare prices on MPV and minibus hire<\/a>) &#8212; although these are more likely to be rented out under luxury car tariffs than minibus tariffs, with lower spec models such as the Viano\/Vito 9-seater available for minibus use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes-Benz has released the first officlal pictures of the new V-Class, the Vito-based luxury MPV due to hit UK shores in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37],"tags":[1738,1830,855],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5794"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5798,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5794\/revisions\/5798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}